JUDGE DREDD GOES INTO PRODUCTION FALL 2010

[Danbo]

Kind of like a western China?

[Peter Wolf]

The one thing that absolutley, without doubt that has to change is the golden codpiece from stallones movie.
Its just wrong!

Absolutely.

NO gold plastic codpiece thanks.NO codpiece at all because its completely superfluous.

[JOE SOAP]

A codpiece adds theatrical weight to any production.

[vzzbux]

The only place the 1995 costume deserves is on a Jimp being pulverised by Dredd in an opening sequence.







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[JayzusB.Christ]

The DNA film makers will probably want a clean break making their Dreddy something entirely different. I think it might lean towards a brutal but fairly staright forward interpretation of the Justice System depicted in the Judge Dredd comic with Dredd battling enhanced criminals.

That's what I thought.  Look at Batman Begins - a nicely rescued franchise there

[judge cooper]

i heard there was a problem with his shoulder pads being sewn on or not is it true they are

[JayzusB.Christ]

Er, not quite with you there, Coop.  Could you explain?  Cheers

[judge cooper]

well have you read the mega city histories because half way through the first one there was a huge contraversy between the writers whether they were sewn on or not

[JayzusB.Christ]

Ah, I see. Never knew that.  I know that some artists seem to make it look like it's made of metal while others seem to make it look like plastic or soft fabric.

[TordelBack]

Ezquerra shows all the pads as removable, and attached to little metal fittings on the jumpsuit.  There's your answer.




Also:  hubba.

[radiator]

well have you read the mega city histories because half way through the first one there was a huge contraversy between the writers whether they were sewn on or not

I vaguely remember this - it's from Judge Dredd: The Mega-History IIRC.

The shoulder pads are supposed to be body armour - something that has been shown explicity in the comics several times. I always found the idea some people thought that they might be made of fabric to be utterly ludicrous.

I've always imagined they would be made from sort sort of tough, lightweight alloy, or a sort of kevlar-type material coated with a layer of shiny metal.

[Teivion]

The early '70's Clint Eastwood' Dredds could have had a more softer pad based material, but I still go for the idea of the armour being more plate based protection.
Mind you, recent news on 'Custard' based bullet proof armour (fluid based compound that rapidly hardens on impact) would show that both worlds are theoretically possible. I know motorbike protective armour has adopted this principle already....

[judge cooper]

who origenally came up with dredds armour? wass it ezquerra

[JayzusB.Christ]

By crikey, yes

[Mardroid]

Ezquerra shows all the pads as removable, and attached to little metal fittings on the jumpsuit.

I have to say, my eyes are always drawn to her shoulders in that picture...

Sigh.

Okay, back to board...

The shoulder pads are supposed to be body armour - something that has been shown explicity in the comics several times.

I've often thought it a bit daft that the armour only seemed to cover the shoulders. I.e. the parts of the body where injuries are generally not fatal. Well, okay, I suppose it can be indirectly fatal in that a wrecked arm means you can't use your lawgiver,etc,etc. A bit of chest armour would makes sense. (Albeit DeMarco appears to have hers built in. Boom Tsh!) From a practical perspective anyway, I know the shoulder pads stand out more from a visual perspective. Not that I'm suggesting the film version should be drastically changed to accommodate, just airing my thoughts on the costume in general.